State of agile adoption – findings from the World Quality Report 2016-2017
As per the latest World Quality Report, there are various challenges in applying testing to agile environments. Colocation and a lack of the required skills are the two biggest challenges that are considered major risks associated with agile adoption. That said, organizations have been able to find solutions to these challenges.
Challenges in applying agile methodology
Some of the commonly known challenges in the application of agile can be seen in the following bar graph. The graph is self-explanatory:
Source- Capgemini HPE Sogeti World Quality Report 2016
Approaches to testing in agile development environments
Organizations use different ways to speed up cycle times and utilize agile. Some of these tactics include predictive analytics, BDD/TDD, continuous monitoring, automated test data generation, and test environment virtualization. The following diagram provides a snapshot of the practices used to convert to agile...
